Buffy: I was regrouping. Spike: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.

'Potential'


Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?

This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.


§ ita § - Sep 07, 2013 2:16:27 pm PDT #8682 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Dammit, my fanart Tumblr follower numbers are in the low 90s. People do things when they hit thresholds. I can't work out a thing. It's not like I can just, you know, draw better, or anything.

For 69 followers, that was pretty easy.

It could take me another month to get the next 7 followers. Or a year. Assuming I lose none. What the FUCK is appropriate for such a teeny weeny little anniversary?


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 07, 2013 7:27:25 pm PDT #8683 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

You could always do a 99 Problems-themed drawing for that number instead. (Not one of the better episodes plot-wise, but hey, visually you'd have Michael Shanks to play with...)


Juliebird - Sep 08, 2013 4:45:38 pm PDT #8684 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Woot! Found PDFs of three of thefarofixer's fics. They're linked on this page [link]

They're my three faves, Our Hell Is A Good Life, You Wouldn't Want An Angel Watching Over You, and the lamentably unfinished Rebel, Rebel.


§ ita § - Sep 08, 2013 6:26:25 pm PDT #8685 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

That's a good resource. Given the thoroughness with which the last author I was looking for nuked herself, I'm assuming she'll get a little red star. I'm always so curious why people disappear entirely. It's depressing enough when they remove a WIP because it gives them bad feels.

Matt, I don't know if Michael Shanks is a reward for anyone--not that I don't like him, but I don't think I've ever seen a pic or a request.


WindSparrow - Sep 09, 2013 5:50:44 pm PDT #8686 of 10434
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Fan fic pet peeve #27: Having the characters say each other's names. In. Every. Line. Of. Dialogue. When they only say 'em about twice an ep, like at the start of a phone call or when they specifically address someone in company of other people.


Juliebird - Sep 09, 2013 6:00:07 pm PDT #8687 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I wish people did that IRL, so that when I space on someone's name, I can just wait on a third person to address them.


Cass - Sep 09, 2013 6:02:33 pm PDT #8688 of 10434
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I wish people did that IRL, so that when I space on someone's name, I can just wait on a third person to address them.

I keep trying to make people get into situations where they are alone outside the front of my house to try and lure my nosy (but nice) neighbor out. Because then they can ask her name. I've chatted with her far too much to admit I don't remember it.


§ ita § - Sep 10, 2013 10:37:01 am PDT #8689 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

This is a golden disclaimer:

I am not bad with grammar, I am actually very well with it. This story I repeat is unedited, so yes, there will be mistakes. I just wrote the story for people who are bored out of their minds and can't find anything else to read. There is just so many words that it will take time to catch all of the mistakes. Thank you for all of those who are concerned. The mistakes are not corrected because I haven't had the chance to go over the story and my keyboard is less then functional.

(I was gonna go with just the first sentence, but I love "then functional" too...)

As a note, this is the story that swaps bare and bear, and really close to each other. I've never seen a fic of this length just go whole hog for the wrong word so many times *as* well as have so many words that are red squiggles in most technology since 2005. It's really execrable.

Oh, and the story is full of consistency and logical errors, emotional cheap shots, just generally crappy 54K+ that I did a lot of skimming through, since it was so golden.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 10, 2013 10:57:20 am PDT #8690 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

They do say that incompetent people are far more confident of their ability than those who are actually competent...


Amy - Sep 10, 2013 11:01:04 am PDT #8691 of 10434
Because books.

A lot of 14-year-olds are that confident, too.